2017 Gardening with the Masters Tour

All registrations for the tour are online this year. Guidebooks are $20 per person and serve as your admission ticket for both days of the tour (June 24 and 25, 2017). Registration closes at 10 am on Saturday, 6/24/2017.

Last-minute Registration:

If you register after June 15, 2017, you will be able to pick up your book at one of three tour gardens on Saturday, June 24 from 10am-12pm. Pickup locations include: Barrington, RI; Saunderstown, RI; and North Stonington, CT. You’ll see full details during the registration process. Thank you for supporting the URI Master Gardener Program!

We invite you to join us for the University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program’s (URIMGP) eighth biennial Gardening with the Masters Tour! Check back here or sign up for our e-mails for registration information. Once you register, you will receive a tour guide booklet which serves as your two-day admission ticket to 26 beautiful gardens, 17 of which have not been seen on any previous URIMGP garden tour.

Each garden is unique. Some gardens are designed to attract pollinators and beneficial insects, while others are kitchen gardens with the perfect soil recipe to produce a bounty of vegetables. Every garden has evolved over the years, reflecting the changing interests and lifelong learning of its gardener. After visiting these gardens, we hope you’ll be inspired to go home and try something new. So ask questions, bring your camera, take notes, but most importantly enjoy the beauty created in these gardens!

The inspiring gardens on the tour are created and maintained by certified URI Master Gardener volunteers. The host gardener has successfully completed a 14-week training program offered by URI Cooperative Extension as well as a volunteer internship. These certified URI Master Gardeners volunteer on educational projects and continually upgrade their horticultural knowledge by attending research- based classes each year. They have opened their gardens to you as a teaching tool, because our mission is to help local residents choose environmentally-sound gardening practices! The proceeds from this event will benefit the URI Master Gardener Program’s public education activities throughout the state.